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Yahoo News |
4:36am PDT |
Soul diva Amy Winehouse cautioned by police over assault
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amy Winehouse left a London police station Saturday after questioning about reports that she scuffled with two men during a raucous night out. She received a formal police caution for assault. |
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BBC News |
4:33am PDT |
Live - Spanish GP qualifying |
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Summary: Formula One's leading contenders compete for pole position at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. |
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Yahoo News |
4:29am PDT |
No majority for Mugabe party in Zimbabwe recount
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Robert Mugabe's party has
failed to secure control of Zimbabwe's parliament in a partial
recount of March 29 elections, results showed on Saturday,
handing the ruling party its first defeat in 28 years. |
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BBC News |
4:22am PDT |
Islam on the table |
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Summary: New laws may spell Turkish pork industry's demise |
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Yahoo News |
4:01am PDT |
Dalai Lama says wants 'serious' talks with China
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - The Dalai Lama on Saturday welcomed China's offer of talks to help resolve unrest in his Tibetan homeland but said he wanted only "serious discussions." |
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Cnn.com |
3:55am PDT |
Zimbabwe recount shows opposition ahead |
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Summary: Zimbabwe's ruling party failed to gain the seats needed to hold onto control of parliament in the recount of ballots in last month's elections, according to a spokesman for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).
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Yahoo News |
3:49am PDT |
Delaware quarterback Joe Flacco's stock rising in NFL draft
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Joe Flacco sat near Brett Favre and Matt Hasselbeck and didn't flinch. He didn't appear intimidated and he held his own while joking with the star quarterbacks. |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Lawless region |
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Summary: Chechnya may be at peace, but chaos is near the surface |
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BBC News |
3:49am PDT |
Opposition retains Zimbabwe gains |
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Summary: A recount confirms seven results in Zimbabwe's polls, making it hard for the ruling party to regain a majority. |
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Cnn.com |
3:40am PDT |
Singer Winehouse cautioned for assault |
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BBC News |
3:35am PDT |
Poisoned dream |
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Summary: India's Green Revolution brings bitter harvest |
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BBC News |
3:29am PDT |
Major oil pipeline to close overnight |
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Summary: A pipeline delivering 30% of the UK's daily oil output will shut down overnight ahead of a strike at Grangemouth refinery. |
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BBC News |
3:29am PDT |
Major oil pipeline to close down |
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Summary: The pipeline delivering 30% of the UK's daily oil output will shut down overnight ahead of a refinery worker strike. |
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BBC News |
3:29am PDT |
Family holds Minghella memorial |
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Summary: The family of the late film-maker Anthony Minghella holds a thanksgiving service on the Isle of Wight. |
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Cnn.com |
3:19am PDT |
Beaches closed after San Diego shark attack |
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Summary: A 66-year-old man died early Friday after being attacked by what authorities suspect was a great white shark off the southern California coast.
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BBC News |
3:10am PDT |
Winehouse cautioned over assault |
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Summary: Troubled pop singer Amy Winehouse is cautioned by the police for common assault. |
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Yahoo News |
3:09am PDT |
Chicago working to prevent repeat of deadly weekend
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Police planned to increase patrols and put SWAT officers and specialized units on the streets over the weekend, a show of force aimed at deterring violence like the three dozen shootings that left nine people dead last weekend. |
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Yahoo News |
3:01am PDT |
Oral Roberts U. exploring layoffs, budget cuts
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Layoffs and other budget cuts are possible for debt-ridden Oral Roberts University, as the tiny evangelical school looks to regroup from several financial scandals and keep enrollment from sliding further, the school's trustees chairman said. |
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Yahoo News |
2:54am PDT |
Tough language on Tibet despite China talks offer
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Chinese media kept up its tough
language on the Dalai Lama on Saturday, a day after a surprise
offer of talks with his envoys, as analysts expressed caution
about whether dialogue would ease tensions in Tibet. |
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Yahoo News |
2:48am PDT |
Zuckerman submits $580 mln Newsday bid: source
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - New York Daily News owner Mortimer
Zuckerman has submitted a $580 million bid for Tribune Co's
Newsday daily newspaper on Long Island, New York, matching a
bid by News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch, according to a
source familiar with |
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Yahoo News |
2:44am PDT |
Mugabe's ZANU-PF fails to win majority in recount
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - President Robert Mugabe's party has
failed to win back control of Zimbabwe's parliament in a
partial vote recount, results showed on Saturday. |
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BBC News |
2:37am PDT |
E Timor rebel 'ready to give up' |
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Summary: An East Timor rebel wanted over an assassination attempt on Jose Ramos-Horta is negotiating his surrender, reports say. |
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BBC News |
2:07am PDT |
Final curtain for iconic Get Carter car park |
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Summary: Part of an iconic landmark used in the Michael Caine film Get Carter, is opened to public before being bulldozed. |
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Yahoo News |
1:45am PDT |
Winehouse held overnight by police over assault allegations
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Amy Winehouse spent the night at a London police station, where she was due to be questioned over allegations of assault following reports that she scuffled with two men during a night out, her representatives said Saturday. |
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Yahoo News |
1:42am PDT |
China's state media attack Dalai Lama despite gov't overture
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A day after China said it would meet an envoy of the Dalai Lama, state media Saturday launched fresh attacks against the Tibetan spiritual leader, blaming him for the recent unrest among Tibetans that threatens to tarnish this summer's Beijing Olympi |
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BBC News |
1:41am PDT |
Family of four die in house blaze |
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Summary: A family of four, including two young children, die in a house fire in County Wexford in the Irish Republic. |
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Yahoo News |
1:40am PDT |
San Diego beaches remain closed after fatal shark attack
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Swimmers, surfers and casual beachgoers know now a great white shark might be lurking below the glassy blue surface of the ocean here. |
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BBC News |
1:23am PDT |
Girl killed in fresh Gaza clashes |
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Summary: A 14-year-old girl dies during clashes between Israeli forces and militants in Gaza, hours after a truce offer. |
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Yahoo News |
1:22am PDT |
Olympic torch relay ends in Japan without major incident
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Heavy security and a large contingent of pro-Chinese supporters thwarted protesters' efforts Saturday to disrupt the Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay. |
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BBC News |
1:21am PDT |
Protests against military academy |
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Summary: Demonstrators voice their opposition to a new military training academy being built in Wales. |
